Offense: Obey Traffic Control Device (While on Bicycle) - The Chainlink2024-03-29T12:47:53Zhttps://thechainlink.org/forum/topics/offense-obey-traffic-control?commentId=2211490%3AComment%3A525887&feed=yes&xn_auth=noAbsurdity, would look like a…tag:thechainlink.org,2012-03-23:2211490:Comment:5257632012-03-23T05:16:53.584ZGerry Ghttps://thechainlink.org/profile/SteelDriver
<p>Absurdity, would look like a Denver boot on a bike. <em>; <strong>)</strong></em></p>
<p>Absurdity, would look like a Denver boot on a bike. <em>; <strong>)</strong></em></p> Hmmm, I will give the number…tag:thechainlink.org,2012-03-23:2211490:Comment:5258282012-03-23T01:27:16.101ZEric Rhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/EricRoach
Hmmm, I will give the number on the ticket a call tomorrow, wait on hold for 20 mins, then hopefully learn if I can get out of going to court. If not, then I'm going on the record as a supporter of the Idaho Stop being implemented in Chicago.<br></br>
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<cite>Gibbles T. Chimp said:</cite><blockquote cite="http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/offense-obey-traffic-control?id=2211490%3ATopic%3A185093&page=7#2211490Comment525795"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I was ticketed…</p>
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Hmmm, I will give the number on the ticket a call tomorrow, wait on hold for 20 mins, then hopefully learn if I can get out of going to court. If not, then I'm going on the record as a supporter of the Idaho Stop being implemented in Chicago.<br/>
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<cite>Gibbles T. Chimp said:</cite><blockquote cite="http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/offense-obey-traffic-control?id=2211490%3ATopic%3A185093&page=7#2211490Comment525795"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I was ticketed under this same ordinance; failure to obey the rights and responsibilities of a cyclist is the wording ...</p>
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</blockquote> What if your license is alrea…tag:thechainlink.org,2012-03-22:2211490:Comment:5258232012-03-22T23:32:28.068ZEl Doradohttps://thechainlink.org/profile/ElDorado
<p>What if your license is already revoked for DUI's & you get one these "bike tickets." I wouldn't pay the ticket if I were you. It's absurd.</p>
<p>What if your license is already revoked for DUI's & you get one these "bike tickets." I wouldn't pay the ticket if I were you. It's absurd.</p> Here Julie Hochstadter said:…tag:thechainlink.org,2012-03-22:2211490:Comment:5258872012-03-22T19:17:31.997ZDuppiehttps://thechainlink.org/profile/Duppie
<p><a href="http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-11-10/news/ct-met-cellphone-tickets-20111110_1_cellphone-law-traffic-court-administrative-hearings-department" target="_blank">Here</a><br></br> <br></br> <cite>Julie Hochstadter said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/offense-obey-traffic-control?page=7&commentId=2211490%3AComment%3A525711&x=1#2211490Comment525711"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I read recently that they have beefed up…</p>
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<p><a href="http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-11-10/news/ct-met-cellphone-tickets-20111110_1_cellphone-law-traffic-court-administrative-hearings-department" target="_blank">Here</a><br/> <br/> <cite>Julie Hochstadter said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/offense-obey-traffic-control?page=7&commentId=2211490%3AComment%3A525711&x=1#2211490Comment525711"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I read recently that they have beefed up the implications of talking on a phone while driving. I think before it was a <span>misdemeanor</span>, now a moving violation, or vice versa.<br/> <br/> <cite>Michael J Blane said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/offense-obey-traffic-control?id=2211490%3ATopic%3A185093&page=7#2211490Comment525453"><div><p>Motorists get tickets for driving while talking on the phone?</p>
<p>Really?<br/> <br/> <cite>Eric Roach said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/offense-obey-traffic-control?id=2211490%3ATopic%3A185093&page=7#2211490Comment525448"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I plan to pay it but since it was not listed as a "mail-in" option I was unsure if I had to go to court,which I do not plan to do. Hopefully, mailing it in will absolve my traffic sins. I wonder if there is a online traffic test I can take to get this removed from my record? If it even goes on my record. Kinda like what motorists do when getting a ticket for driving while talking on a phone.</p>
<p><br/> <cite>David Barish said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/offense-obey-traffic-control?commentId=2211490%3AComment%3A525672&xg_source=msg_com_forum#2211490Comment525672"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Pay the ticket. You have no beef. If it were a race you false started. It may not have been dangerous but its pretty clear.</p>
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</blockquote> I read recently that they hav…tag:thechainlink.org,2012-03-22:2211490:Comment:5257112012-03-22T19:07:25.758ZJulie Aberman (Hochstadter)https://thechainlink.org/profile/JulieHochstadter
<p>I read recently that they have beefed up the implications of talking on a phone while driving. I think before it was a <span>misdemeanor</span>, now a moving violation, or vice versa.<br></br> <br></br> <cite>Michael J Blane said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/offense-obey-traffic-control?id=2211490%3ATopic%3A185093&page=7#2211490Comment525453"><div><p>Motorists get tickets for driving while talking on the phone?</p>
<p>Really?<br></br> <br></br> <cite>Eric Roach…</cite></p>
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<p>I read recently that they have beefed up the implications of talking on a phone while driving. I think before it was a <span>misdemeanor</span>, now a moving violation, or vice versa.<br/> <br/> <cite>Michael J Blane said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/offense-obey-traffic-control?id=2211490%3ATopic%3A185093&page=7#2211490Comment525453"><div><p>Motorists get tickets for driving while talking on the phone?</p>
<p>Really?<br/> <br/> <cite>Eric Roach said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/offense-obey-traffic-control?id=2211490%3ATopic%3A185093&page=7#2211490Comment525448"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I plan to pay it but since it was not listed as a "mail-in" option I was unsure if I had to go to court,which I do not plan to do. Hopefully, mailing it in will absolve my traffic sins. I wonder if there is a online traffic test I can take to get this removed from my record? If it even goes on my record. Kinda like what motorists do when getting a ticket for driving while talking on a phone.</p>
<p><br/> <cite>David Barish said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/offense-obey-traffic-control?commentId=2211490%3AComment%3A525672&xg_source=msg_com_forum#2211490Comment525672"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Pay the ticket. You have no beef. If it were a race you false started. It may not have been dangerous but its pretty clear.</p>
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</blockquote> And a spoke card was born.
"N…tag:thechainlink.org,2012-03-22:2211490:Comment:5258812012-03-22T17:38:55.587ZKevin C Dormanthttps://thechainlink.org/profile/KevinC
<p>And a spoke card was born.</p>
<p>"Never Forget."<br></br> <br></br> <cite>Gibbles T. Chimp said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/offense-obey-traffic-control?page=7&commentId=2211490%3AComment%3A525797&x=1#2211490Comment525795"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I was ticketed under this same ordinance; failure to obey the rights and responsibilities of a cyclist is the wording I think. The officer then wrote on the ticket that I failed to stop at…</p>
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<p>And a spoke card was born.</p>
<p>"Never Forget."<br/> <br/> <cite>Gibbles T. Chimp said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/offense-obey-traffic-control?page=7&commentId=2211490%3AComment%3A525797&x=1#2211490Comment525795"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I was ticketed under this same ordinance; failure to obey the rights and responsibilities of a cyclist is the wording I think. The officer then wrote on the ticket that I failed to stop at a red light being the specific offense that violated that ordinance. </p>
<p>I was told that you <em>do</em> have to appear for the hearing. There is no mail in option. The total cost came out to 45 bucks. $25 fine and $20 court costs. </p>
<p>I was prepared to go in and argue the case, even if it was futile to get the ticket dismissed, just to be say in court that "this is ridiculous". It was 4am on a Sunday on 18th st. The only vehicles on the road were a couple dozen cyclists and one irritated/bored police officer.</p>
<p>But when the total cost was revealed as being only 45 bucks, and having a bunch of people already volunteering to help pay the ticket (this happened a MM ride and I was the only one ticketed out of more than a dozen folks to run the light) my resolve weakened and I paid the fine and left. </p>
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</blockquote> Motorists get more tickets th…tag:thechainlink.org,2012-03-22:2211490:Comment:5257972012-03-22T17:30:01.196ZDuppiehttps://thechainlink.org/profile/Duppie
<p><a href="http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-11-10/news/ct-met-cellphone-tickets-20111110_1_cellphone-law-traffic-court-administrative-hearings-department" target="_blank">Motorists get more tickets than you think</a><br></br> <br></br> <cite>Michael J Blane said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/offense-obey-traffic-control?page=7&commentId=2211490%3AComment%3A525795&x=1#2211490Comment525453"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Motorists get…</p>
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<p><a href="http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-11-10/news/ct-met-cellphone-tickets-20111110_1_cellphone-law-traffic-court-administrative-hearings-department" target="_blank">Motorists get more tickets than you think</a><br/> <br/> <cite>Michael J Blane said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/offense-obey-traffic-control?page=7&commentId=2211490%3AComment%3A525795&x=1#2211490Comment525453"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Motorists get tickets for driving while talking on the phone?</p>
<p>Really?<br/> <br/> <cite>Eric Roach said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/offense-obey-traffic-control?id=2211490%3ATopic%3A185093&page=7#2211490Comment525448"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I plan to pay it but since it was not listed as a "mail-in" option I was unsure if I had to go to court,which I do not plan to do. Hopefully, mailing it in will absolve my traffic sins. I wonder if there is a online traffic test I can take to get this removed from my record? If it even goes on my record. Kinda like what motorists do when getting a ticket for driving while talking on a phone.</p>
<p><br/> <cite>David Barish said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/offense-obey-traffic-control?commentId=2211490%3AComment%3A525672&xg_source=msg_com_forum#2211490Comment525672"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Pay the ticket. You have no beef. If it were a race you false started. It may not have been dangerous but its pretty clear.</p>
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</blockquote> Motorists get tickets for dri…tag:thechainlink.org,2012-03-22:2211490:Comment:5254532012-03-22T17:23:42.025ZMichael J Blanehttps://thechainlink.org/profile/MichaelJBlane
<p>Motorists get tickets for driving while talking on the phone?</p>
<p>Really?<br></br> <br></br> <cite>Eric Roach said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/offense-obey-traffic-control?id=2211490%3ATopic%3A185093&page=7#2211490Comment525448"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I plan to pay it but since it was not listed as a "mail-in" option I was unsure if I had to go to court,which I do not plan to do. Hopefully, mailing it in will absolve my traffic sins.…</p>
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<p>Motorists get tickets for driving while talking on the phone?</p>
<p>Really?<br/> <br/> <cite>Eric Roach said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/offense-obey-traffic-control?id=2211490%3ATopic%3A185093&page=7#2211490Comment525448"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I plan to pay it but since it was not listed as a "mail-in" option I was unsure if I had to go to court,which I do not plan to do. Hopefully, mailing it in will absolve my traffic sins. I wonder if there is a online traffic test I can take to get this removed from my record? If it even goes on my record. Kinda like what motorists do when getting a ticket for driving while talking on a phone.</p>
<p><br/> <cite>David Barish said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/offense-obey-traffic-control?commentId=2211490%3AComment%3A525672&xg_source=msg_com_forum#2211490Comment525672"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Pay the ticket. You have no beef. If it were a race you false started. It may not have been dangerous but its pretty clear.</p>
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</blockquote> I tip my hat to you, sir. Cal…tag:thechainlink.org,2012-03-22:2211490:Comment:5257902012-03-22T16:56:32.263ZEric Rhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/EricRoach
<p>I tip my hat to you, sir. Calling them seriously did not cross my mind but I will do so. Perhaps the reason is my newfound disappointment and mistrust in the system.<br></br> <br></br> <cite>Joel said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/offense-obey-traffic-control?commentId=2211490%3AComment%3A525701&xg_source=msg_com_forum#2211490Comment525701"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>You can probably call the number on the ticket to ask about having to go in…</p>
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<p>I tip my hat to you, sir. Calling them seriously did not cross my mind but I will do so. Perhaps the reason is my newfound disappointment and mistrust in the system.<br/> <br/> <cite>Joel said:</cite></p>
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</blockquote> You can probably call the num…tag:thechainlink.org,2012-03-22:2211490:Comment:5257012012-03-22T16:40:31.024ZJoelhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/JoelBooth
<p>You can probably call the number on the ticket to ask about having to go in or not. </p>
<p>You can probably call the number on the ticket to ask about having to go in or not. </p>